How to Know When an Investment Fee Is Too High When you’re focused on how well your investments are performing, it’s easy to overlook hidden fees that come with with investment services. Investment fees are charges you pay for the services of your investment accounts and financial professionals. But how much should investment fees cost, and how can you tell when… Read more…

Here Are The Car Features You’d Pay A Subscription Fee For What you see above is the all new 2024 Kia EV9. It’ll be the first of Kia’s models to have upgradable and subscription-based features that you can purchase through an online marketplace/app called Kia Connect. Many of you might hate this, but unfortunately this looks to be the future of vehicle ownership, a future we… Read more…

HSA charges 0.03% investment fee per month I have an HSA with Optum. Each month I get charged a 0.03% fee. For example my investment balance was $13,320 and I got charged $4 last month. So around $50/year. Is it worth keeping the funds here, or should I keep them in the cash account and transfer to Fidelity HSA which doesn’t charge as much? submitted by /u/Majestic_Fox_428 …

Monos Luggage – hidden $40 fee for return After doing a bunch of research on Calpak vs Monos vs Away, I pulled the trigger on a Monos Carry-On Pro Plus. After receiving it, I wasn’t really feeling the materials (although it was super light) and the fact that all the reviews said it would scuff easily. The company really plays up their 100-day trial to return, but what they fail to displ…

Event Photography (First time) Reasonable fee Hey Guys, I know plenty of newbies have asked this, and I have tried to follow some of the resources posted for reference. I have been asked to take photos for a family members milestone birthday. I usually take photos at gatherings, and people seem to like them. I also like taking the photos, and so I’ve been throwing around doing this professi…

Gumroad 10% flat fee I made $166. 10% would be around $16. But intead they have taken $33, I dont understand why? I’m only selling PDF files, what would be a more profitable alternative? submitted by /u/Val7322

Is a 1% management fee ‘fair’? I’ve been dumping all of my money directly into the S&P 500 with basically no diversification because… whatever. I met a pretty cool financial planner (friend of a friend) who charges 1% annually of whatever amount of your money he manages. He mentioned diversifying in the S&P 400 as well as the S&P 600, potentially grabbing some bonds, and g…

Landlord asking to cover venmo instant transfer fee. Am I liable? Been in apartment for 3 years, going on 4. Good relationship with landlord. Always paid with check but landlord recently asked to start paying via Venmo or Zelle. For this month, I texted her asking for their venmo name. They responded “ok. venmo will charge you a fee”, I responded “I’m fine to pay the fee” (meaning if venmo charged me a fee, w…

What is considered a standard or a acceptable HSA fee? My HSA charges a monthly fee of 0.03%, charges at the end of each month. For example, at the end of July I was charged: Investment Balance: $4,117.85 Fee Rate: 0.03% Fee: $1.24 Is this considered standard or high? submitted by /u/ThisCommentIsHere

Asked how to remove Private Mortgage Insurance (since I think I’ve hit the threshold) and was told I’ll need to pay a fee to an unknown-to-me broker. Is this sketchy? I bought my home a little over two years ago, 6% down. With how much the market has appreciated in that time, and what homes around me are being listed for, I strongly suspect I’m below the 80% loan-to-value threshold needed to remove Private Mortgage Insurance. I contacted my mortgage servicer (my mortgage servicing has switched hands twice sin…

site that allows downloads for a fee When ever I shoot amateur sports or street I’m often asked where can the shots be had. Very few photos get uploaded to my gallery sites. So. Is there a site where I can upload the card and allow visitors to pick and download for a small cost? submitted by /u/rGlenndonShoots_

Amazon adds a new fee for sellers who ship their own packages Amazon is charging a fee for members of its Seller Fulfilled Prime program, where merchants handle shipping but can include the Prime badge on their listing.

LPT – What scholarships are the most significant to apply for without paying an application fee? submitted by /u/muftah_7

Why is the shipping fee from Hong Kong SO expensive? So I was planning on buying some jewelry online from a very reputable and large Hong Kong jewelry retailer and was shocked to see that their standard 5-7 day shipping fee is about $280… I’m not sure if it’s because the store focuses on selling high end jewelry but that’s still a lot for standard shipping… they don’t have any stores in the US but…

How to Avoid an Airline’s Manipulative ‘Seat Selection’ Fee While many airlines have done away with change and cancelation fees in recent years, there’s still a sneaky “seat selection” fee that you’re not meant to notice when you choose your seat. However, you can avoid it altogether—here’s how. Read more…

Verizon and AT&T are charging a new fee to customers on older unlimited plans Verizon would very much like you to switch to its new Unlimited Welcome plan. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThe carriers are at it again: Verizon and AT&T are both notifying customers on older unlimited plans to expect a new fee on their bill soon. Customers on Verizon’s 5G Start and AT&T’s Unlimited Elite plans are affected, and the …

FICO 827; need balance transfer. Open a new 0% /no fee BT Cc or BT to a card with 4% fee? Hi, the title says it all. I have many cards, utilizing maybe 1% of credit at all times but I have some chunky ($10k) charges coming up, due to paying for parents’ retirement vacation etc. I can pay off in a few months but to free up my “I need to pay this off right away” mentality, I was thinking of balance transfer (BT). So I’m thinking should…

Invitation to display a photo of mine at an exhibition for a fee. Standard practice? I’ve been approached by an arts magazine and invited to display one of my photos in an upcoming exhibition for photography at a nearby city. The magazine is well known online and has a huge following, the exhibition is also well known and has been running for a while. However, there is a fee of a couple of hundred Euros to have my photo displaye…

Elon Musk’s Twitter sues top law firm Wachtell over $90 million fee for work under prior ownership The lawsuit seeks to recover the full fee, which Musk’s lawyers argue was unwarranted and excessive.